Improvement in sleigh-bells



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Letters Patent No.- 93,568, dated .August 10, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N snaren-Beus.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM VEAZEY, of EastHampton, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented: aV new and useful Improvement in Sleigh-Bells; and I declarethe following to be a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification.

, One L. C; Chase, of Boston, Massachusetts, did, on the 14th day ofMay, 1861, obtain Letters Patentv of the United States for animprovement in sleigh-bells, and my invention is simply anl improvementthereon, which makes it necessary to first obtain the consent oi' theowners of said Chases patent before my improvement-can be made use of.

Figure 1 shows the bell section.

The letter a designates the bell;

b, the jinglet;

c, the rivet; and

al, the strap.

attached to its strap, in

The bell is raised from the strap of Ia short pillar of metal e.

Upbn the bottom of this piller are twospurs, f j, which are driven downinto the leather, when the rivet is headed, so as to hold the bell fastfrom turning.

These spurs are the `invention of said Chase, and I 4 am one oftheowners of the Letters' Patent, but I have found, in working under saidpatent, ,that the attaching of the bell directly to the strap somewhatdeadens the ling of the bell. My invention of the pillar entirelyobviates thisv dioulty, and canses the bell to give forth a clear andinelodious ring,

I claim, as my invention-- The combination ofthe bell a, the pillar e,and the spurs j' f, all constructed and arranged 'as described, for thepurpose described.

Dated the 29th daylof June, 1869. v

' HIRAM VEAZEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. STARR, MARY M. MARKHAM.

